Well my friends today we’ve got for the review all new product from Baltmotors company!
Its all wheel drive ATV motorbike!
Today we are going to make thorough tests of this thing on the coast of the beautiful
Baltic Sea, Lets go!
Hi there as usually its me just a voice over, you are watching review machines and this
is all new Baltmotors 2x2!
Today as I said we are on the coast of Baltic Sea where we can find various interesting
conditions from sand to swamp for testing our vehicle.
First of all I want to thank Balt Motors company for inviting us to review their new product
among the first.
I should say its really worth of it and here it is why:
As a matter of fact we are really interesting in such machines, cause they are unique in
some way by their ultimate offroading capabilities!
By the way if you’ve been watching our channel for quite a long time you may remember our
old videos about almost all possible models of 2x2 bikes including Rokon of course.
But actually such kind of machines are not highly popular for some reason, that is why
we are very glad to have for a review a new vehicle of this construction.
Moreover according to manufacturer statement they tried to create the best 2x2 atv bike
not only in Russia but throughout the world.
Well lets try to find out if they managed to do that, and we start with the specs.
Few words about the interior.
As we can see it is totally utilitarian and practical, it looks like a 2 wheeled tractor.
But I should say it is not bad, I think many of us will like such an approach, and to my
mind it looks quite dope!
The bike can be equipped with several variants of engine.
You can choose either American Briggs Stratton Vangard or Chinese Zongshen as we have here.
It is 225 cc 6 horse power engine.
The exhaust system is seriously modified to reduce the noise and take the exhaust away
from a driver’s seat.
There is CVT in the transmission with a plastic cover.
The disk brakes is equipped on the central axle under the seat.
And the most interesting – how they made a all wheel drive system, lets look at it.
So there is a central axle equipped with two chains two front and rear drive.
The rear chain with a tensioner goes to rear axle, and then the drive goes to big 48 tines
rear sprocket.
The front drive goes from a central axle to the turning gear from a car, there is also
a chain with a tensioner.
Then the drive goes through the intermediate sprocket to the front one.
We need an intermediate sprocket here, cause there is a suspension system, we look at it
a bit later.
Besides there is an interesting feature.
The turning gear axle is equipped with an overrunning clutch, we had better see how
it works on practice.
As we’ve already seen the bike is equipped with a front suspension with a single shock.
Though its travel is not very impressive, but it is good that we have it here.
And there is a hard tail at the rear.
But there are big low pressure wheels, instead of the rear suspension.
These wheels are made specially for this model, they have two layers, so they are lighter
and softer than standard atv wheels.
Then we see here wide foldable footsteps for a driver and also foldable ones for a passenger.
There are front and rear durable trunks, they are also used as power bumpers.
At the handle bar we can see only throttle and brake, everything is simple.
And now it is high time for practice and today we have a skilled rider who will help us to
test this vehicle.
Meet the head of Baltmotors company Dmitry Sivkov and we begin our test right on this
sandy shore, lets go!
Well my friends If you tried to ride a 2 wheeled vehicle on a loose sand you should know how
hard it is.
No matter if it is just a bicycle or motorbike.
A front wheel gets stuck in sand all the way.
But here we can demonstrate one of the most significant advantage of 2x2 drive.
As we can see our bike goes on a loose sand without any difficulties.
It is simple to handle it and maneuver here.
By the way, before they started serial production of the this model, the manufacturer had thoroughly
tested this bike in various conditions to achieve the best gear ratio in the transmission.
As a result 6 hp engine provides enough traction for moving even in sand.
Do you remember the overrunning clutch in a front drive.
Here it is why we need it.
In fact on a dry flat road where both wheels rotate with the same speed we have only rear
drive in action.
But as soon as rear wheel starts to lose traction and rotate faster than a front one, the overrunning
clutch immediately triggers and puts in action a front drive.
It works so smoothly that we can see all wheel drive working instantly here on loose sand
where there is not enough traction.
But when we go on asphalt for example we will have only rear drive there so it is easier
for handling the bike and besides this feature saves fuel.
Here we found quite a steep sandy ascent lets try to get over it.
Well we failed trying to climb it from the spot.
But it is a peace of cake for the bike to climb on it with a little speed.
Meantime we went far away from the sea and found ourselves in a forest.
By the way here we have probably the ideal conditions the bike is cut out for.
In a forest any 2x2 bike maybe one of the most capable atvs.
It would be a hard task to compete with 4x4 ATV on a field for example, but in the forest
2x2 bike will be more effective due to its compact size and maneuverability.
Actuaully we have all wheel drive with low pressure aggressive tires and only one track,
that is why we can go right between the trees on our bike that would be impossible for any
4x4 vehicle.
And now it is very interesting for me to try this bike myself.
Well first of all I can say that it is quite simple to handle the bike.
I think mostly it is due to the overrunning clutch.
As a result I can handle it as a regular rear drive bike.
The engine is quite small but it feels quite capable for the most cases.
We will check the maximum speed a bit later.
On a flat road it is quite smooth due to the rear suspension and low pressure wheels.
But on a rough terrain it feels hard and you had better stand on a bike to save your back.
A throttle handle is comfortable but I didn’t like the fuel tank design.
I would rather change it to avoid harsh angles cause they sometimes graze against legs.
Well speaking about my first impressions – it is a simple durable bike quite easy for riding!
I give the bike back to Dmitry and now we are going to check its maximum speed.
There is quite a flat road here, so I think we will be able to achieve the maximum result.
According to the official specs the maximum speed is 45 kmh and as we can see we have
the same result.
To my mind its fast enough for such kind of a machine.
As I’ve already said one of the advantage of the vehicle is a possibility to cut its
way right among the trees.
In these conditions we don’t need speed but a good torque.
And the gear ratio provides enough of torque regardless of a small engine.
But also I should mention that the turning radius is quite large on the bike due to the
turning limits of the front drive system.
So be careful and plan you way trying to avoid harsh maneuvers.
In fact riding this bike we can pass almost any obstacle on our way.
Now we are facing a forest swamp and certainly we can bypass it without any problem.
But lets suppose we don’t have any other way, lets try to cross it!
All wheel drive definitely is a key feature in such conditions and we are going forward
slow and sure.
Certainly we have to control the bike with our legs all the time and there is no any
comfort, but I think it is always better to ride without comfort than walk.
And now we see the bike getting stuck, cause the front wheel rested against the tree.
But thanks to the light weight of the bike we are able to escape from this trap just
pulling out the bike with our own hands.
By the way the weight of the bike is just 125 kilos.
Well to sum up our review I would like to say that we’ve got quite a capable robust
machine that will allow you to move in the severest conditions.
It would be good both for a work and recreational purposes.
We can use it in private house holds, farms and for overlanding, hunting and fishing.
The bike may be quite practical transport, cause there are various trailers available
for it.
If you are interested enough we can make other videos to show you the bike with the trailers.
Please post your comments guys , what you think of the bike, maybe you have other 2x2
motorcycle it would be great to hear your experience.
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